Re: Windows will not boot under any circumstances!

On Apr 8, 2:07 pm, "AllanF" <not.kn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Mickey,

The Recovery you tried, is that on a CD/DVD Disc or a Partition on the
HardDisk? Does everything fail at the same point you described with a flash
of a Blue Screen?

You should probably try to find some other Bootable Media like a Knoppix DVD
(recently found stuck to the cover of Computer Mags), or a Recovery Disc
found with some AntiVirus Software (but don't rush out and buy one if you
haven't got one). There are others. I've used BartPE, but it really should
be built from your own Computer, and another which I don't know much about,
called something like UltimateBootCD. There are (free?) AntiVirus PlugIns
for BartPE.

Scan for Viruses after booting from the external medium. And I think I saw
Memtest86 on Knoppix (or download the ISO and make your own Bootable CD)
which you should also run, if possible.

If you can't get a bootable Floppy/CD/DVD to boot, send the unit back. I
can't think of anything else you could do except perhaps have a look for
anomolies in the BIOS.

"Mickey" <mike.w...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1176029260.314987.265940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hello,
i have run into a major predicament with my Acer Aspire 5634wlmi
laptop thats only a few months old.
Basically after leaving it on overnight to do a virus scan i return to
it in the morning to find it's still doing it but with serious lagg
that isn't normal. so i restart thinking it'll remove lagg and work
fine... erm nope. it shutdown, turned back on went through normal
procedure UNTIL it got to the Windows XP Screen with the blue bar at
the bottom. the bar cycled once, then did a 1/4 cycler, went to a blue
screen then restarted [the blue screen was just a flash - enough to
tell there was an error but not enough that you could read it] all
safe mode options failed, last mode failed and normal failed... i put
the HD into a caddy to transfer files and such and put that back in
the machine to do a recovery... guess what... recovery wouldnt boot
-.-
so for now i'm stuck with a bricked laptop.
Anyone know whether i can fix it myself or send it in for a new unit?

Thanks for any help in trying to fix it :]

P.S It is a MCE 2005 fyi :]

It's a partition on the HD. worked fine once but the keyboard and
mouse failed so i couldnt type in the security code so i restarted
making everything go kaput.
what do you mean by "Does everything fail at the same point you
described with a flash of a Blue Screen?" i dont quite understand what
you mean...
I owuld make an ISO but i don't have any DVD's that i can write to.
they can get costly over here. i also made a bootable re-thingy [sorry
cant think atm veruy tired] on my laptop not long after i got it but i
seem to have misplaced disc one which is just typical. theres this
computer bloke i know who may be able to look at it so i'll send it to
him n see what he says as it could be multiple things e.g. Hd failure
bad ram bad boot bad bios either way it will proabbly end up in
getting a new new unit. i'll update when i get intel.

.

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